Howff Memorial 484

Inscription.

 1791

Memento Mori

This stone is

Erected by WILLIAM KEITH

shoemaker in Dundee in

memory of MARY SIMMERS his spouse who

died February the 10th 17??

February the 10th 1791, aged 75 years. Also in memory of their children and Grandchildren here interred.

Source: The Book of the Howff, ©Libraries, Leisure and Culture Dundee, Local History Centre & is reproduced with kind permission.

REAR

This ground is good, our ship is new,
Our cable staunch, our hearts are true,
From rocks and shoals this ground is clear,
Which makes me drop my anchor here.

Claimant: Heirs of James Keith.

Source:Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832